Business Change Project Manager (PMO)

Responsibilities:

•Support business leads and key stakeholders to scope and structure their business plans and new initiatives to ensure the effective planning, monitoring and execution of critical projects/programmes against business KPI’s.

•Understand business priorities and incorporate these into project management activities such as planning, execution, KPI reporting and dashboards against targets set.

•Develop and support the implementation of “right sized” project management structures and templates in business plans and programmes, leveraging project management methodology.

•Drive cross-functional programme knowledge across related programmes and best practice sharing to enable standardisation across the business

•Play a proactive role in the promotion and development of project management methods for the implementation of good project management practice.

•Provide a governance and coaching role for certain projects as required by the business.

•You will engage with colleagues throughout all functions and work closely with the Head of PMO to determine appropriate project prioritisation and allocation of resources.

•Key competencies required: critical thinking, problem solving, influencing, decision-making, project planning, negotiation, and stakeholder management.

Requirements:

•A minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in a programme or project management role ideally within a PMO office or management consultancy.

•Experience in developing business strategy and business acumen.

•Strong project management skills with experience in scoping, planning and delivering a number of change management programmes.

•Direct experience in project management with expert knowledge of project management techniques, tools and reporting methods.

•Ability to manage key stakeholders effectively: communication, setting and managing expectations, issues, and negotiation.

•Facilitation skills with demonstrable ability to lead cross functional workshops which drive business change requirements for more complex business initiatives.

•Strong analytical, presentation, and report writing skills.

•Good communication skills with presentation abilities.

•A recognised project management qualification is a key advantage.

•Proficient in Microsoft office; specifically Excel and PowerPoint